Rectification solution for transportation equipment usage

Assists in minimizing procurement costs by identifying the causes of unreturned transportation equipment and ensuring a smooth circulation.

Identification of reason for missing

Tracking of transportation equipment and the route of the equipment will identify where it was lost and provide information for recovery of the missing equipment.

Identification of stagnation location

This will be used to identify suppliers, etc., who have the missing equipment for a long period of time, and to serve as evidence for sending or requesting the delivery of the missing equipment.

Acquisition of inventory volume

The inventory counts by location are automatically obtained and can be used to eliminate uneven distribution and to adjust inventory.

Implemented examples

Hitachi Kenki Logistics Technology, Ltd.

Hitachi Kenki Logistics Technology, which is responsible for all logistics related to the production and sale of construction equipment, has been working to strengthen its supply chain, but has been plagued by a chronic shortage of transportation equipment, a key component of logistics. In addition, the lack of tools to monitor, visualize, and quantify the condition of the transportation equipment made it difficult to identify the cause of the problem and initiate improvement activities.

By introducing Alps Alpine's "MonoTra™" solution, the company is able to visualize and quantify the locations where transportation equipment tends to stay, the number of days it stays, and its off-purpose use, enabling it to accurately identify weak points in the supply chain and link them to the PDCA cycle for improvement. Moreover, the elimination of the need to manually search for transportation equipment has led to improved inventory accuracy and reduced man-hours, and the management of individual operation records for each transportation equipment on the MonoTra™ Dashboard is expected to facilitate preventive maintenance inspections and repairs.